Article – Anne Russell The Prime Minister held a press conference today with Tony Ryall, Minister for State-Owned Enterprises, to announce that Meridian Energy is expected to list on NZX on 29 October. Advertisements will run about the asset sales from tonight.
Prime Ministerial Press Conference: 16 September 2013 Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET Secret talks on the deadlocked investment chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) between the US, Australia and 10 other countries are being held this week in Washington, completely hidden away from civil society and the media, …
TPP: Abbott may cave on foreign investor rights to sue govts Read More »
Press Release – US State Department The TPP will boost our economies, lowering barriers to trade and investment, increasing exports, and creating more jobs for our peoplethe TPP has the potential to be a model not only for the Asia Pacific but for future trade agreements.
Building on U.S. Partnerships in the in the Asia-Pacific Read More »
Column – Undernews Americans are slamming at least 24 members of Congress with thousands of phone calls and emails, urging lawmakers not to approve a military strike on Syria by a margin of as much as 499 to 1. A national debate is raging on Twitter. Tweets and statements …
Undernews: September 5, 2013 Read More »
Article – Hamish Cardwell He said New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully had had talks with United States Secretary of State John Kerry over the weekend, during which, Mr Kerry had asked for New Zealand’s moral support in any military interventions in Syria.
PM Press Conference – Syria | Living Wage | Asset Sales Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The Malaysian government has tackled head-on the threat that the TPPA poses to smokefree policies by proposing a total carveout of tobacco control policies from the agreement, according to Professor Jane Kelsey, who is currently in Brunei.
National’s smokefree commitment tested by Malaysia on TPPA Read More »
Article – Robert J. Burrowes The common phrase is ‘law and order’ but does the legal system deal with dysfunctional social behavior in ways that keep us safe? While diverse but eminent historical figures such as Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy and Mohandas K. Gandhi all wrote critiques exposing …
The Rule of Law: Unjust and Violent Read More »
Column – Werewolf Hi and welcome to the 41st edition of Werewolf, in which were kicking back against the real Nanny State . Here at the Wolf were dead against the kind of Big Government that passes laws that (a) condone mass surveillance (b) penalise legitimate protest …
Werewolf Edition #41 : The John Key “Nanny State” Issue Read More »
Press Release – GE Aware Nelson GE Aware Nelson is concerned that the Environment minister has chosen a fight with local councils and their ratepayers concerned about outdoor use of GMOs. In 2001 Nelson City Council voted to make Nelson a GE Free city, pre-empting the decision …
Local Communities want Stricter Controls of GMOs Read More »
Press Release – US State Department The United States Government thanks the Governments of Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Chile for welcoming the United States as an observer to the Pacific Alliance today. We look forward to developing closer cooperation with the Alliance.
US Participation As An Observer to the Pacific Alliance Read More »
Speech – David Swanson Like most of you I do not spend my life studying trade agreements, but the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is disturbing enough to make me devote a little time to it, and I hope you will do the same and get your neighbors to do the same and get them to …
TPP: The Terrible Plutocratic Plan Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell Remember the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, and those scary stories last year about how it would give foreign multinationals the right to sue the countries who sign up to it, if said corporates happen to feel disadvantaged by any laws or regulations …
Gordon Campbell on the TPP’s risk to national sovereignty Read More »
